Chris Johnson earns his degree from East Carolina…ECU’s wide receivers group will excite in 2020…ECU continues to address concerns about re-opening…Pirates included in ‘Eight for Omaha’ predictions…Four former ECU players named to 2020 MLB team player pools…UCF takes rare dip in N.C. talent pool for Fairmont star Kadeem Leonard…American Athletic Conference Relocates Headquarters to Texas …Under Armour fiscal issues could affect apparel deal with Navy athletics, AD says…SMU slows down return-to-play plan, won’t start ‘Phase II’ as scheduled, based on advice from doctors…No college or high school football games if COVID-19 surges continue, SC governor says…George Williams, the legendary St. Augustine’s track and field coach, is fired…Beth Holtz, mother of Louisiana Tech head coach Skip Holtz, passes away…NFL delays, cuts preseason in half

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

The East Carolinian

• ECU’s wide receivers group will excite in 2020
• Pirate football looks ahead to games three and four
• ECU continues to address concerns about re-opening
• ECU releases plan for employees
• ECU summer enrollment decreases, classes continue

ECU head baseball coach Cliff Godwin calls Little League game WITN 7

ECU Interim Chancellor hosts second virtual town hall WNCT 9

TOP COLLEGE FOOTBALL OVER PICKS FOR 2020 Sportsline

College Football News Preview 2020: East Carolina Pirates  College Football News

‘Eight for Omaha’ predictions d1baseball

247 Sports

• Chris Johnson earns his degree from East Carolina
• Safety Maurice Freeman breaks down top nine, sets decision date
• Sportsline sees value in ECU’s 2020 over win total
• ECU selected as one of ‘Eight for Omaha’ in 2021
• ECU Football 2020 Player Expectations: CB Nasir Clerk
• Four former ECU players named to 2020 MLB team player pools

Pirates part of MLB’s summer return Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Pitt makes top nine of Virginia safety Maurice Freeman SB Nation

Beth Holtz, mother of Louisiana Tech head coach Skip Holtz, passes away The News-Star

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference Relocates Headquarters to Texas American Athletic Conference

UCF takes rare dip in N.C. talent pool for Fairmont star Kadeem Leonard Fayetteville Observer

College Football News

 

• College Football News Preview 2020: Cincinnati Bearcats
• College Football News Preview 2020: Tulane Green Wave
• College Football News Preview 2020: Memphis Tigers
• American Athletic Conference Preseason Rankings: College Football News Preview 2020
• Preview 2020: College Football News All-American Athletic Conference Team, Top 30 Players

Cincinnati Enquirer

• Bob Huggins’ dream team includes former UC Bearcats Martin, Van Exel, Bobbitt, Fortson
• Rick Pitino: Push college basketball season back to January, play league games

Tampa Bay Times

• What happens to the home-field advantage without fans?
• UCF football players call for professor’s firing over controversial remarks
• Marching bands aren’t sure how to handle the pandemic. So they commissioned two studies involving spit.
• Shortened college basketball season? SEC discussing it, Rick Pitino recommends it
• Will fans lose connection to the game while watching from afar?

Orlando Sentinel

• UCF football players call for controversial professor to be fired
• College football must seriously consider moving season to spring | Commentary

Temple was in the lead all along for St. Joe Montvale S Christian Abraham Philadelphia Inquirer

Meet Lou Hutchinson, the unranked 2022 recruit Memphis coach Penny Hardaway made an offer to last week Memphis Commercial Appeal

Dallas Morning News

• American Athletic Conference officially moves into new D-FW office
• SMU slows down return-to-play plan, won’t start ‘Phase II’ as scheduled, based on advice from doctors

Tulsa World

• Guerin Emig: The party’s over for college athletes returning to campus
• Three TU athletes and an athletic employee test positive for COVID-19

Under Armour fiscal issues could affect apparel deal with Navy athletics, AD says Annapolis Capital

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Columbia The State

• No college or high school football games if COVID-19 surges continue, SC governor says
• He was a USC bat boy, fan of Jackie Bradley Jr. Now hometown star will be a Gamecock

Raleigh News and Observer

• Duke athletics staff, including Coach K, take coronavirus-related pay cuts. Here’s how much.
• Saint Augustine’s fires its ‘greatest ambassador,’ legendary coach George Williams

Winston Salem Journal

• George Williams, the legendary St. Augustine’s track and field coach, is fired
• Wake Forest’s DJ Poteet signs with Tigers as undrafted free agent

The 10 best college quarterbacks to play at DC, Maryland or Virginia schools YAHOO!

NCAA case against Kansas men’s basketball taken for independent review ESPN

Charleston Post Courier

• ‘Challenging and agonizing times’: Gamecocks AD says still no answers on college football
• 13 total Citadel athletes have tested positive for coronavirus, including football players
• As Clemson practices coronavirus transparency, peers take guarded approach

Updated: GHSA to ease restrictions again as 3 states delay start of football season Atlanta Journal Constitution